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The German artist’s first outing here is more invasion than installation, with four rooms in Imma’s east wing playing host to wall paintings, such as 1,2 Fly (travelantitravel), above, pop-art influenced oils, framed works on paper, a sound-art piece and a variety of travel-related objects. Tentatively pointing to terrorism’s effect on tourism with photographs of an emergency stopover Ackermann experienced in Dublin, he restructures the space so viewers are guided past a glass security screen and into a large metal cage, like a holding bay for suspected illegal immigrants. The work is intended to reflect the sensory overload experienced by modern-day travellers; what Ackermann achieves verges on visual overload, with bright painted colours and an inescapable sense of restless movement.